Even bad moods can be useful

Unwelling can be beneficial, allowing a person to be less naive, improving memory and judgment toward others.

Professor of psychology Joseph Forgas of New University South Wales in Australia has proved that people with negative moods were more critical and were more cautious about things and situations than those with good moods, Kosovo Press broadcasts.

A negative mood stimulates the thinking needed for situations that are more demanding. Professor Forgas and his associates carried out several experiments, causing good or sad moods by showing films and then using positive or negative scenes.

People with bad moods were less inclined to bring hasty conclusions based on racial and religious prejudices and made fewer mistakes when asked to recall the details of the events they followed. A less negative mood stimulates concrete, adaptable and successful communication.

Positiveness is not always desirable. People with negative moods are less inclined to make mistakes in judgment, are consistent in presenting the details of the events they've been following, and their conclusions are more effective and more qualitative.